The Kalico Kitchen, which was featured on the “Restaurant Impossible,” reality show, was closed last week after continued health code violations that dated back to 2009, according to county leaders.

The department initially contacted restaurant management in 2009 to request a conference over alleged violations. In 2011, a department inspection found violations that included keeping foods such as boiled chicken, cooked vegetables and apple cobbler beyond its discard date, lack of paper towels by sinks, kitchen air duct filters not being changed, and numerous parts of the restaurant having accumulations of dust, grease and food debris, county Environmental Health Director Bill Hinz said.

The county mailed a registered letter Nov. 12 to request a formal hearing with Kalico Kitchen owner Catherine Wilt and staff members for Nov. 26 over continued violations. No one responded to the letter and the hearing was held without any representation from the restaurant, Hinz said in a prepared statement.

Wilt did not respond to phone and Facebook messages seeking comment on the alleged violations and restaurant closing.

After the hearing, Kalico Kitchen was given two weeks to correct violations and a followup inspection was held earlier this month. The restaurant had corrected a plumbing problem, but other violations such as separation of raw products and ready-to-eat foods, were not corrected. At that point, the Health Department revoked the restaurant’s license.

“The health department strives to assist restaurant owners in maintaining compliance and retaining their licensure,” Hinz said. “It is in the best interest of the community’s health that we promote and monitor safe food handling and preparation practices.”

Wilt has 30 days to request an appeal of the license revocation, Hinz said.

Kalico Kitchen had gotten a makeover in April from celebrity chef Robert Irvine and the crew of “Restaurant Impossible,” in which they did a $10,000 overhaul to the restaurant in 48 hours.

The “Restaurant Impossible” show website described Wilt as “boisterous and blunt.” Some believe the show placed too much of an emphasis on Wilt’s alleged verbal abuse of restaurant employees.

Restaurant management posted a message on its Facebook page Dec. 16 informing customers of the closing.

“Thank you all for 37 wonderful years in business. Keep sending positive thoughts this way,” the message said.

The restaurant is up for sale, according to the website bizbuysell.com. The list price for the establishment is $465,000, according to the website.